Jail conditions worsening with no plan in sight

  • Shown is the day area of a block at the Habersham County jail where inmates can make phone calls, use tablets to take rehabilitation courses, or socialize. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
    Shown is the day area of a block at the Habersham County jail where inmates can make phone calls, use tablets to take rehabilitation courses, or socialize. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
  • Stacks of what the Habersham County jail calls “boats,” used to provide a place for inmates to sleep when all of the bunks are taken. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
    Stacks of what the Habersham County jail calls “boats,” used to provide a place for inmates to sleep when all of the bunks are taken. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
  • The holding cell where people who are arrested wait before being booked at the jail. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
    The holding cell where people who are arrested wait before being booked at the jail. JULIANNE AKERS/Staff
   When a person is being held at the Habersham County jail, they are lucky to get a bed in one of the cells that bunk up to eight people at a time.    Others have to sleep on the floor in what they…

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